We Light the way for others

UT’s String Project, funded initially through the National String Project Consortium and a grant secured through the UT Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development from the Tennessee Arts Commission, has grown to about 80 children enrolled and is sustained through the generosity of donors Sally and Alan Sefton.

Bridget Freisthler, the Cooper-Herron Professor in Mental Health at the UT College of Social Work, is leading a multistate intervention in fatal overdoses.

Thanks to the support she receives from the Arthur E. Yates Graduate Fellowship, Caterina Obenauf can dive headfirst into the world of neuropsychology, improve advocacy in the mental health landscape for Knoxville, and create more mental health awareness at UT.